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Texas Politics: Ideal and Reality, Enhanced (Texas: It’s a State of Mind) 13th Edition
by Charldean Newell (Author), David F. Prindle (Author), James Riddlesperger (Author)
- Publisher : Cengage Learning; 13th edition (July 1, 2019)
- Language : English
- FORMAT: ORIGINAL PDF/PRINT REPLICA
- ISBN-10 : 0357129881
- ISBN-13 : 978-0357129883
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About the Author
David Prindle is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he earned a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1970, an M.A. from UCLA in 1972 and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. He joined UT’s government department in 1976 and has since won six teaching awards. Dr. Prindle is the author of PETROLEUM POLITICS AND THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION (University of Texas Press, 1981), THE POLITICS OF GLAMOUR: IDEOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY IN THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (University of Wisconsin Press, 1987), RISKY BUSINESS: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HOLLYWOOD (Westview Press, 1993), THE PARADOX OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN AMERICAN THOUGHT (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), STEPHEN JAY GOULD AND THE POLITICS OF EVOLUTION (Prometheus Books, 2009) and THE POLITICS OF EVOLUTION (Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2015). His hobbies include fly-fishing, reading detective novels and getting lost in beautiful places.
James W. Riddlesperger Jr. is a professor of political science at Texas Christian University. A native of Denton, Texas, he has taught as TCU since 1982. His interest is in American politics, with an emphasis in Texas politics, Congress and the presidency. He received the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar and the Honor’s Professor of the Year award at TCU. Dr. Riddlesperger’s publications include THE AUSTIN-BOSTON CONNECTION: FIVE DECADES OF HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, 1937-1989 (Texas A&M University Press, 2009) and LONE STAR LEADERS (TCU Press, 2011). He also co-edited THE WRIGHT STUFF (TCU Press, 2013), a collection of the writings of former House Speaker Jim Wright, and REFLECTIONS ON RAYBURN (TCU Press, 2017). A former president of the Southwestern Political Science Association and chief reader for the U.S. Government Advanced Placement exam (2011-2015), Dr. Riddlesperger enjoys reading, baseball and walking. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
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